Type of Home Building That Will Appeal to Family of Small Means
William A Radford offers free expert home building guidance. The article promotes a small low cost six room rectangular two-gable house with porch outside fireplace irregular dining room wall, weathered shingles, and a concrete foundation. It notes two floors with three corner bedrooms upstairs, large living and dining rooms, basement storage, and ample closets.
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W. A. Radford
William A. Radford
South Dearborn Street
Chicago
Ill
Choosing a Plumbing Contractor for Hidden House Installations
A builder should hire a responsible plumber with verifiable installations. Emphasis on concealed pipes, quiet operation, insulation, soundproofing, proper slope and cleanouts, and avoiding inferior materials saves costs and prevents wall damage later.
Wall Shingles Exposed More Than Those on Roof
Cedar and redwood shingles offer durability for walls with longer exposure to weather. Shingle grades A through D vary in quality, with Grade A using edged grain closest to hand-split durability. Common lengths are 16 18 and 24 inches. widths start at three inches. bundles contain a thousand shingles.
Welded Steel Structures Have Great Strength
The United States Bureau of Standards reports electric welding of steel building frame joints is as strong as the steel members. The process replaces noisy riveting and speeds construction. Contractors in Canton Ohio report lower costs and several welded buildings under way.
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United States Bureau of Standards
Bureau
Canton
Ohio
Why We Behave Like Human Beings
George A. Dorsey examines human behavior as adaptable, habit driven, and shaped by repeated stimuli. He uses examples from diving, family meals, doorbells, and early trauma to illustrate how routines form, predictability fails, and individuals shift between responses in varied situations.
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Doctor Jekyll
Mr. Hyde
Jekyll-Hyde
George A. Dorsey
Bruce Attack Disputed by Loyal Admirers of Robert the Bruce
Loyal supporters challenge an undersecretary for Scotland Thomas Johnston who called Robert the Bruce a feudal bully and dismissed the Bruce and the spider tale. Johnston claimed Bruce spent winter 1806-07 at the Norwegian king’s court, not in a cave watching spiders. Champions of Bruce deny the charges.
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Bruce
Robert the Bruce
Thomas Johnston
Scotland
Greenock
Johnston
Bruce and
the Spider
Wealth Poorly Divided About Eight Percent Earning Over Five Thousand
In the United States about 8 percent of households have incomes exceeding $5,000 a year, highlighting income concentration at the top. The statistic reflects a broader debate on wealth distribution and tax policy.
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United States
Native Indians Make Up Majority of Dutch Guiana Population
The article notes that native Indians constitute more than half of Dutch Guiana's population, highlighting their prominent demographic share and potential cultural influence in the region.
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Dutch Guiana
Record Steam Shovel at Colstrip Mines Shows Giant Scale
The largest steam shovel in use at Colstrip Montana by the Northern Pacific surface coal mines lifts 15 tons of earth per cycle, raises it 100 feet, and dumps 300 feet away. Weighing 1100 tons the machine has a 120 foot boom 90 foot dipper sticks and a 10 cubic yard dipper. It strips earth from the top of the coal.
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Colstrip
Mont
Northern Pacific
Hungarian Jazz Men Threaten Szeheres Over New Instrument
Hungarian musicians alarmed by Francis Szeheres invention letting one player on keys create all jazz sounds. A letter signed Desperate Jazz Players Hungary threatens a bomb at his home unless production stops. The casual remark ends with a harsh jab about intellect.
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Hungary
Francis Szeheres
Szeheres
Ins and Outs of It Julia Peterkin at luncheon
Julia Peterkin, at a New York luncheon, spoke on husbands and marriage. She praised husbands who make companions of their wives and warned against the selfish, reserved type who never takes their wives out. She quipped that such a husband never takes her out and always keeps her in.
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Julia Peterkin
New York
Mrs. Peterkin
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